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E. SWEET.

HAY LOADER. y

No. 63,332. Patented Mala-26,1867.

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` Lettere Pmcutll/o` 63,332, (lated Mrlrch 26,' 1867;

IMPROVEMENT IN HAY LOADBRS.

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Be it known that I, ELL SWEET, of Whitney's Point, inthe county of Broome, und State of New York,

haveinventod s. new und useful Improvement in Hay-Leudin g Wagon und I do hereby declare that the fol-- lowing is u t'ull,v clear, und exect description thereof, which'will enable others skilled-in \the nrt to m'ake and use the same, referencobeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is u .centr'a'l vertical longitudinal section of my improved hay-loading wzrgon. i

Figure' 2 is u detached bottom View 'of the 'front part of the running geur. I

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. This invention relates to new und improved devices attached to wagons for loading hay or fodder in the field or barn, und consists in tho combination of n. crane and single-pulley rope with u. pitch-fork and a sliding tongue, in connection with n brake on the .fore wheels, in; such manner that by the sliding of the tongue when it is tripped the horses hoist the fork 'with -the hay, und ut the sume time chock the wagon by the action of the brake', the whole draught being very ligh't, und the operation convenient, n

A represents un ordinnry'frm-wngon body, to 4which 4my improved hnyloading devices may be n .ttached temporarily for use. B is tho crane post, and C the jih of n. cro-ne set near -the middle of the wagon, provided' .with pulleys :is usual for the rope a, on one end of 'which is the lia'y fork Il), und passing from the fork over the jib of the' crane, und down the post in groove on the sirio tonnd through a hol-low part in the lower end of the post over n sm'all pulley, 6 ,.n,`t-thd foot, und thence to andaround n larger pulley, c, attached to the under side of the rennend of .n slidingtonge, E, which tongue is'eonnectedwith the lower side-of the draught-pole F, as'

usual. Provision isftnade 'for locking the sliding tongue to the stationary pole when set back by mezins'ot' n latch pin,'.d, on n pvotcd Iever, cl2-comiected by the cord d3 with vthe head of the front wagon standard e, where 'it is mnnuged'as usual by `the'driver, who Vstands on thoi'ront part of the wagon to assist in loading. The rope a passes from the pulley c to th'e middle of -a broke-bnr, g, where the other lend of A the pulley rope is fastened. The brake-bnr g is vheld in' slides, hibou lthe under side of the hounds lc, and is provided with shoes ns usual to hear ngninst the fore wheels G' The operation of these devices for loading-hay on the wagen is very sinipl'eund easy. The wegen runs along the row of hay-cocks or down the side of a. windrow to sweep thehay'with a brood-tined forkftill it gets full, and in-'either cose when the fork is loaded the pin d is tripped by the driver by lifting the lever d1 with the cord d2, when the 1iorses drnw forward the sliding'tongue E, to which theynre attached,r when the 'draught Acornes upon the pulley rope a, und instantly acts upon the brake-bar g to stop the vwil-gon; et the same moment' `"the draught'veomes Aon the loaded hey fork D attached to the other end of the pulley ropea, and hoists the fork vwith its loud up on Athe wagon to be deposited et any part desired by the louder, who merely directs und regu. lotes vthe movement of the landed fork hy means of the crane, as will be, readily4 understood. 'When the fork drops its load the horses are backed, und the operation ot loadiugis 'continued in the same plnce, or the pinvd vis dropped tolockntlie tongue und moveou with the wagon-to another pla-ee for loading. Bymy nrrsngement of small pulleys close up under the wagon for operating the fork und broke together with a single-pulley rope,

Tit4 will be seen that there is nothing in :the way to catch upon'stumps in afield; that the draught is very ensy 'und light, requiring only n single five-eighth or three-quarters of an in-ch ro'pc todo the work of both`ele'vating the fork'nnd operating the brskes together, since ull` the weight 'on the fork falls on the brake, and no extra power isapplied'to the brake. The nrrongoment of the pulleys also gives un extension of the rope'over thejib' of the 'crane to thefork-Jnore thant`our tirnes the distance moved by the sliding tongue, so that by moving the tongue four feet the fork has over sixteen'feet play 'of 'repete loud with, which is ample. v

Having described ny-invention, I do not claim operating o. Vlmy fork by means vot' a. rope connected to, the sliding tonguens described in the potentrof A. McClure., August 28, 1'866,.but what I claim is- The arrangement 'of the sheuvc in the sliding tongue, and .movingtherewith the rope passing over the said shenve und connected ut its respective ends to'the fork undto the brake-bnr on the tongue hounds.

' The above specification of my invention signed by :ne this 6th dny of' February, 1867.

ELI SWEET.

Witnesses:

'Wx..F. McNAMAnA,

ALEL F. Rosnn'rs. 

